Palm Beach Currumbin State High eNewsletter

From the Executive Principal,

The last four weeks have been especially busy at our school. In Week 3 of the term we undertook our full school review where a team of five current and past Principals held approximately 200 interviews to provide quality feedback and next steps to inform our Strategic Plan 2025-28. Each Queensland school undertakes a review every four years. The review team recognised the commitment of our staff to ensuring high level education as well as the extensive range of opportunities within the school and through our wide range of community partners.

ANZAC Day was a very special time. The service at our school was extremely respectful with wonderful performances by our band and fabulously led by our student leaders and supported by our cadets. The dawn service at Currumbin was an honour to attend and represent our school. Our students, particularly school captains Emma Suttle and Zane With were outstanding and the choir performed beautifully.

Last week our Parent Teacher interviews connected many of you with your child’s teachers. This process should still be continuing now. Have you considered the following actions? It won’t be too long before the end of semester assessment is on us.

Review and Reflect: Consider the feedback given about your child’s strengths, areas for improvement, and any concerns the teacher mentioned. Reflect on what was discussed and how it aligns with your own observations.
Discuss with Your Child: Have a discussion with your child about the meeting. Share positive feedback and areas where they can improve in a supportive manner.
Develop an Action Plan: Based on the discussion with the teacher, develop a plan with your child to address any issues or support your child’s strengths. This might include setting up a study schedule, seeking additional resources, or arranging for extra help if needed.
Communicate with the Teacher: If there were specific concerns or actions suggested during the meeting, follow up with the teacher.
Provide Support at Home: Ensure your child has a conducive environment for studying at home. This includes having a quiet space, necessary supplies, and a regular routine.

Best wishes,

Chris Kern
Executive Principal

CRICOS Provider Name: The Queensland Department of Education trading as Education Queensland International (EQI) CRICOS Provider Number 00608A

Assessment

Assessment calendars for term 2 have been published on the school website and shutdown calendars for Year 10 and 12 will be published on this page in the coming week ( https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/curriculum/testing-and-assessment). Year 10 and 12 students have their next shutdown commencing in the last week of school this term.

Year 11 students have just completed their Unit 1 assessment. Their next assessment block is early in term 2. End of Unit 1 subject reports should be emailed home in the week commencing June 3.

Students are expected to pass at least 5 out of their 6 subjects to remain eligible for the QCE and to remain enrolled in post compulsory schooling. If students have been disengaged and not working appropriately they could find themselves in a position where they are ineligible for the QCE at the end of Unit 1. Please visit the following link for more information on the requirements for the QCE:

https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/your-qce-pathway/about-the-qce

Year 11 students will have the opportunity to change classes at the end of Unit 1. They are available from now until Monday June 10.

Year 12 students are now completing Unit 4 work and will only have 2 assessments left in each of their subjects. At the end of Year 12 students’ results in Unit 3 and 4 are combined to award an exit grade and for General subjects a numerical value. As such it is imperative that student do not rest on their laurels and remain focussed for the rest of 2024.

Other senior schooling news:

All Year 11 and 12 students should by now have registered for the QCAA student portal on the myQCE website ( https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/your-qce-pathway/student-portal-and-learning-account ). They also should have completed the Academic Integrity Course in the Online Learning section. This will become a pre-requisite of the QCE. Students are not sent certificates by the QCAA upon graduation from school and completion of the QCE, all results and certificates are now provided digitally within their student portal.
Year 10s and 11s are again encouraged to register for School based traineeships and apprenticeships (SAT) in Y block. A SAT will give students paid employment, work experience and a Certificate 3 qualification which gains extra QCE credits, but also opens up a tertiary pathway. Please contact Ms Shreeve in Y block for more information.
Year 12 parents and students have been emailed a letter regarding the opportunity to complete a First Aid and Safety qualification in term 3. This course also attains 2 QCE points and is highly recommended for students that are at risk of failing a subject.
Students in Year 10 are again reminded that their academic performance in Year 10 semester 1 will determine which pathway they can choose in Year 11. Students wishing to complete an ATAR pathway need to achieve Bs in English and Maths. Students wishing to study a senior science course in year 11 and 12 also need to achieve a B in Year 10 Science.

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OPTIMA Assemblies

Wonderful numbers of parents supported the Year 7 recipients at our first Optima assembly for 2024 for them.

Award	Number of Year 7 Students	Percentage of Year 7 Students
Behaviour & Effort	111	24%
Blue Award	20	4%
Gold Award	2
Sport *	2 Red Sport 1 Blue Sport

Please note there were no nominations for cultural or community service in this term.

We are looking forward to celebrating with all three year levels in July. Remember that Year 7 celebrate each term (2,3,4) and Years 8 and 9 each semester.

YEAR 7 CAMP – UPDATE

Year 7 camp will be running in Week 7 and heading to Noosa. We have over 100 students that will be attending the camp. Thank you. See you all on camp!

If your young person is not attending camp, school attendance is expected as normal classes will still be timetabled with a focus on consolidation of work and revision to not disadvantage students attending camp.

WORK EXPERIENCE 2024

Year 9 students have the opportunity to participate in Work Experience during Term 3 Week 10.

This experience may enable students to participate in Work Experience as an opportunity to trial for a school Based Certificate III Traineeship in Year 10 or 11.

All Year 9 students have received a Parent and Caregiver information form and a Work Experience Employer Information form. If any student has not received a Parent and Caregiver information form and a Work Experience information form, please see Ms Willmott in A Block Student Services.

Work Experience Placements for School Student forms requires a student and parent signature. When a willing employer is found they must complete and sign the Work Experience Placement for School Students form and the Risk Assessment form.

The completed forms are to be returned to A Block Junior Secondary Student Services office by the end of Week 10 Term 2 (7 June 2024).

E-BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS

Palm Beach police officers spoke with all year levels at recent assemblies with a reminder on the speed limits, rules and fines.

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School based traineeships available

New exciting traineeship opportunities are available for year 10 & 11’s in the Pathways Centre Y Block. Job boards will be updated regularly with new positions. Students can collect a registration form and apply now. Get updates on the student portal – New Traineeship VETis Tab

Get paid while gaining a qualification when doing a school-based traineeship and earn up to 8 QCE points!!

Already working!! Why not convert your job to a traineeship, gain QCE points, and gain a qualification in your current job

A variety of new traineeships are on offer with a focus on business, hospitality, retail, sport and tourism

Garden of Vegan: Currumbin business specialising in events and catering, markets stalls etc online ordering, sales and social media. Great opportunity with a variety of tasks

The Oxley Village Grocer - Nobbys Beach

The Oxley Village Grocer are looking for trainees who have a passion for customer service! To be successful in the traineeship and The Village Grocers’ family you must be; outgoing, bubbly, a hard worker, prove good people skills, show initiative and if you have prior experience in a busy environment it will be an advantage!

Zarraffas Are recruiting !! See flyer below – Tugun and Currumbin stores taking applications now !

Gold Coast Health Traineeships: Gold Coast Health is excited to announce it’s now accepting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for its’ school-based traineeship program commencing June 2024. Students who are invited to participate in this program will have an opportunity to complete a 12-month traineeship with Gold Coast’s largest employer. They will be able to select from three traineeship opportunities across the health service and receive support from all the wonderful staff, as well as high-end training support from selected RTOs. Allied Health, Administration & Dental See flyer attached & expression of interest

Hospitality and Business Traineeships:

Garden of Vegan – Currumbin Waters
The Oxley Village Grocer – Nobbys
Seeds of Life Q Super Centre
The Coffee Club Stocklands Burleigh
Brumbys Bakery The Pines
Bellakai Coolangatta
Cooly Food Culture
Passiontree Velvet Pacific Fair
Boost Juice the Pines
The Surfers Paradise Beach Café
The Pines News and Gifts
Colores Custom Cosmetics Coolangatta
Chempro Chemist
Jamacia Blue Café Robina
Burleigh Heads Surf Club
Bakers Delight Robina
BSKT Nobbys Beach
Seadog Burleigh Heads
Coming Home Co Robina
Pizzeria Coolangatta
Airport Retail Enterprises – Gold Coast Airport
Zarraffas Tugun
Third Base Coffee Palm Beach
Kooco Espresso Bar & Kitchen - Robina and Nerang
The Shelf Café and Deli the Pines
Wendys the Pines
Maries Pizza – Various locations
KFC – Palm Beach, Mermaid Beach & Robina

Airport Retail Enterprises:

ARE manage many of the cafes, restaurants and fast-food outlets at Coolangatta Airport. They are looking for enthusiastic and energetic applicants for their traineeships. In this traineeship students will rotate through a range of outlets including fast food, cafe and retail. This is traineeship is ideal for students who are hospitality driven as the diverse experiences will equip the students with a vast range of skills and knowledge. Students must have availability to work weekends to apply for these traineeships

Girls Firefighting Experience Camp: Girls Firefighter Experience Camp 2024 is a pilot program that provides girls in years 9 or 10 at high School in Queensland to join Queensland Fire and Rescue (QFR) for a weekend to experience a diverse range of activities that relate to being a firefighter. Visit this link for more information https://www.qfes.qld.gov.au/join-our-team/fire-and-rescue-service/experience-camp

School based vacancies links:

Aurora Training Institute please visit their vacancy page: http://www.aurora.edu.au/schools-program/

First Choice College: Please visit their vacancy page https://fcc.edu.au/?s=traineeships

School Leavers should check the following links for fulltime employment opportunities

https://www.goldcoaststudentjobs.com.au/

https://www.busyatwork.com.au/support-jobseekers/jobs/

https://www.megt.com.au/job-board

https://novaskill.com.au/jobs-available

Fulltime/school leaver opportunities:

Bremner Visual are looking for a fulltime team member, duties include graphic design and printing email resume to admin@bremnervisual.com.au

Master Flooring Solutions, commercial floor installer looking for a fulltime employee. Applicant needs to be physically fit, email resume to kain@masterflooringsolutions.com.au

Looking for a Trade?? Tracy from Gold Coast Trades college has many opportunities available for school leavers looking for a trade eg: metal roofer, painting/decorating, carpentry, tiling, Automotive & plastering.

Please email your resume and industry of interest to Tracey Egan tracy@peopleperformance.com.au Or

Dean Weatherhog deanw@peopleperformance.com.au

MEGT Vacancies: Visit the Career Hub job board for a variety of apprenticeships, Roof Plumbing, Landscaping Construction, Soil Technician, Engineering… just to name a few

Visit this link: https://www.megt.com.au/job-board

Mas National vacancies: visit this link https://mas.jobreadygateway.com.au/vacancies

OSMAC are seeking keen YEAR 12 students that want to secure an apprenticeship in the following trades only:

Air/Con & Electrical, Engineering Trade, Plumber, Carpentry, Plastering, Painting, Cabinet Making, Shopfitting, Tiling, Light & heavy vehicle & Panel beater/spray painting

Email resume - reception@ogt.com.au

Grill’d Stores: Hiring now. Send email to recruitment@grilld.com.au or pacificfair@grilld.com.au>

McDonald’s casuals: apply via these links

Tugun: https://smrtr.io/4LXdX
Palm Beach: https://smrtr.io/4RX8W
Elanora: https://smrtr.io/4LXbg
Coolangatta and Burleigh Heads visit: https://careers.mcdonalds.com/australia

There are more opportunities on the job boards. Please come into Y Block to register

Love your current job? Would you like to turn it into a traineeship? Come to the Pathway centre and let’s see if we can create a traineeship for you in your current role.

The Pathway Centre is open before school and first break to apply for any of the above positions

Sonia Shreeve - Industry Liaison Officer

Girls_Firefighter_Experience_Camp.pdf

Girls_Firefighter_Experience_Camp _pdf 116.57 KB

Riviera_Australia.pdf

Riviera_Australia _pdf 1.56 MB

Zarraffas_Coffee_School_Based_Traineeships.pdf

Zarraffas_Coffee_School_Based_Traineeships _pdf 332.69 KB

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Media

Flotsam Festival

Year 12 film student, Koen recently had one of his surf films featured at Next Wave Youth Showcase as part of Flotsam Festival. Koen developed a stylistic film that was well received during the showing. Congratulations Koen!

Music

ANZAC Day

Fourteen dedicated vocalists performed the New Zealand and Australian national anthems at this year’s Currumbin RSL Dawn ANZAC service. Students involved did an incredible job and represented themselves and our community to the highest standard on the national stage. We are extremely proud of Olivia, Willow, Saje, Mackenna, Saba, Valentina, Anjali, Isla, Anika, Amaya, Griffin, Elishka, Jaide and Maka. Well done to Cameron for his involvement in production.

Red’s Fest

Year 11 Music Excellence students planned an entertaining Red’s Fest earlier this term. The 3-day lunchtime event was filled with talented performances from students in our Music Ex program and enjoyed by lots of students. This annual event is a growing highlight on the PBC events calendar!! Congratulations Olive, Logan, Sonny and Griffin.

Flotsam Festival

Our CAX program is known for creating community connections and providing opportunities for our students to practice their skills in real-world events. Flotsam Festival is a surf culture film and photography festival that had an embedded Next Wave Youth Showcase earlier in the month. For 10 of our music ex students, this showcase provided a platform to develop a small set of music to a specific event brief (surf vibes). Student worked on developing their performance skills all term and demonstrated outstanding musicianship during the 5 hour event. Congratulations Mackenna, Noah, Audrey, Matt, Moss, Isla, Koen, Larn, Luke and Josh!!!

Year 10 – SAE Excursion

Last week Year 10 Music Excellence students had the opportunity to work with industry professionals at SAE Creative Institute Byron Bay. The students spent the day in the recording studio with head lecturer and produced a number of outstanding recordings of performances and original songs. It was a fun day with engaged learning and outstanding results!

Live on the Lawn

Junior Music Excellence played their first ‘Live on the Lawn’ gig at Pasture and Co where parents, friends and the wider community were able to enjoy their awesome performances. Well done to our performers for sharing their music with the wider local community and brightening our Friday afternoon with live music!

Instrumental Music

ANZAC Services

The week of Anzac Day was a very big week for the Instrumental Music Department with musicians involved in multiple Anzac Day services. Optima Wind Ensemble was responsible for the music for the whole school assembly and performed with great musicianship and sensitivity throughout the service. Year 11 Instrumental Music student Griffin Light-Law gave an incredible performance of ‘The Last Post’ at the school service and then again on Saturday at the John Flynn Hospital Anzac Service. Fellow IM students Anjali Johnston (Yr 10) and Willow Sutherland (Yr 8) were also at the John Flynn Service to sing the Australian and New Zealand National Anthems. Another IM trumpeter, Charles Mathews (Yr 9) was at Currumbin State School’s Anzac Assembly to perform ‘The Last Post’ (Charles also played ‘The Last Post’ for Kingscliff Public School’s Assembly the week before Anzac Day).

A very heartfelt thank you to all these musicians for your involvement in these services (including some very early morning starts for some), the music you performed was a very special part of each of these Services and commented on by many members of the community.

Synergy Band Camp

Last Friday and Saturday 60 awesome Synergy musicians had a two day camp at school returning home only to sleep on Friday night before returning on Saturday morning.

We began the camp with our normal Friday morning rehearsal at 7.30am followed by a three-hour workshop with the Head of Ensembles at the QLD Conservatorium of Music, Dr Peter Morris. This was an amazing experience for our musicians and an incredible opportunity to work with a conductor of Dr Morris’s calibre. Friday afternoon saw us take on Time Zone at Coolangatta before returning to school for dinner and the much anticipated “Synergy’s Got Talent” which showcased the amazing talent amongst the band...as well as some entrants who may have been ‘gonged off the stage’ by our 80s judges! Saturday saw us back at school for more rehearsing as well as some fun with some hotly contested Pickleball games on the quad.

A huge well done and thank you to all our Synergy musicians for a great camp. Dr Morris was very impressed with the level of playing and how engaged the students were. As staff members it was a real joy to spend the extra time with Synergy and we are looking forward to our performance at Fanfare in a few weeks!

CAX Experience Cluster Day

Song Writing Workshop

Students in Music Ex were treated to a full day Songwriting Workshop facilitated by PBC Alumni Bayley Pearl. The day was filled with creativity and learning valuable skills to develop a well written song.

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Gold Coast School Sport (GCSS) Update

Cluster Day 4 will take place on Tuesday 4^th June (Week8). All details will remain the same as previous cluster days.

Please check emails closer to the date.

The last Cluster Day that was rained off will not be re-arranged.

Cluster Day 5 – Wednesday 24^th July

Gold Coast School Sport FINALS – Wednesday 14^th June (this will only be for those PBC Interschool sport teams that make the finals) – this will be a NORMAL SCHOOL DAY for everyone else

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Senior Secondary Guidance Officer – Steve Jones

Read the attached article for the latest information targeted to senior students of careers and pathway information.

https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/support-and-resources/guidance-officer

Senior Secondary Guidance Officer Steve Jones (Email : sjone79@eq.edu.au)

Junior Secondary Guidance Officer - Anna Willis

Podcast: Eating disorders in young people

Mental health and our relationship with food in a post-COVID era
Raising the issue with someone you suspect has an eating disorder
How to support someone who denies having the condition and is reluctant to accept help
Managing emotions in someone with an eating disorder

Generation Next Podcast: https://omny.fm/shows/generation-next-podcasts/the-gn-podcast-with-andrew-fuller-eating-disorders

Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Founder of My Learning Strengths
Guest: Dr Karen Spielman, Primary Care Mental Health Advisor, General Practitioner, Paddington Family Practice and Inside Out Institute
Total time: 20 mins

Guidance Officer Anna Willis (Email : awill464@eq.edu.au)

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We encourage parents/caregivers to email your student’s excellent recent achievements to us. These achievements can be in The Arts, sporting, academic or community service. We would love to hear from you! Please email us at news@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au with details of your student’s achievement and include at least one photo, and/or any links to media articles that we can share.

Cross Country

PBC Cross Country – April 2024

Congratulations to everyone who competed in the PBC Cross Country event on Tuesday 23^rd April. It was a great turn out and luckily the rain stayed away for the day.

As usual, it was a HOUSE event and points were up for grabs.

It was a VERY closely contested event, but it was the mighty ATHENIANS who took out the overall win with 209 points, with the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th houses all within 10 pints of each other. Just another reminder about participation. We encourage EVERYONE to get involved in our house events as we move through 2024

2024 Age Champions

12 GIRLS - VIOLETTA BOYD (S)

12 BOYS – NASH SAM

13 GIRL - SIENA PICTON (P)

13 BOYS - KAI HAWKER (A)

14 GIRLS - PIPER ANDERSON (A)

14 BOYS - DENVER MINSTER (A)

15 GIRLS - SAVANNAH BUSH (S)

15 BOYS - BOBBY KENNEALY FLEGLER (S)

16 GIRLS - SIENNA BUSH (S)

16 BOYS - HUNTER ANDERSON (A)

OPEN BOYS - BAEDEN BLACK (V)

Aussie Titles

PBC had great success in Surf Lifesaving recently at the Aussie Titles. Congratulations to the following PBC students -

U17 Board Champion - gold - Oliver Dillon

U17 Board Relay Champion - Gold - Oliver Dillon, Tom Damon and Will Norling

U17 Board Rescue - Silver - Oliver Dillon and Will Norling

U17 Individual Ski - 5th - Tom Damon

Photos by Nardia

Congratulations also to PBC students Summer and Taj Murray from Australian surf lifesaving titles.

Summer Murray

Australian champion u13 board race

Australian champion u13 iron woman

Taj Murray

u15 board relay

u15 Cameron relay

u15 surf teams

PBC would also like to celebrate Lily Moana in year 9 who also recently competed iin the Qld Surf Life Saving Titles. Lily's results as follows -

1^st u14 sprint

1^st Mixed beach relay

2^nd u14 Flags

2^nd All age relay

Way to go Lily!

Skateboarding

Our homegrown superstar Chloe Covell has been busy of late.

Chloe‘s most recent achievements at SLS (Street League Skateboarding) competition in San Diego - making podium and came away with second place.

Netball

Congratulations to PBC students Te Hani Ashcroft Yr 9, Tahli Barends Yr 12 and Summer Woods Yr 12. These three students represented South Coast School Sport in the State Championships recently held in Caloundra. Both 13-15 & 16-19 Years were undefeated taking out the Gold Medals. Congratulations to Te Hani Ashcroft for being selected in the 13-15 Years Queensland Representative Team! Te Hani will compete for her State in the National School Sport Championships in Melbourne, September 2024. Congratulations, we are very proud and wish you the best of luck.

Football

State Schoolboys carnival was recently held in Hervey Bay.

The South Coast U16 ⚽️ team came Runners Up in the GF that went to penalties.

The team had 7 PBC Players - Fenner Lee, Roman Della Bosca, Aiden Masatto, Hunter Hill, Jackie Brown, Isiah Deanes, Lucas Horsfall.

Congratulations to Fenner and Roman were selected for the QLD state team and also Aiden, Hunter, and Jackie who were named shadow players.

The National Titles will be held in Perth in August.

Running

Year 8 PBC student Lola Wight recently won the Gold Coast Running Festival Brookes 5km women’s event. Truely amazing effort on a very tough undulating course!

Lola, who also recently competed in the AllSchool's Cross Country at Toogoolawah has earned herself a spot on the podium and in the Queensland Team headed to Nationals in Tasmania in August, placing 3rd ?. Well done Lola!

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Finance Office

*IMPORTANT* 2024 Student Resource Scheme (SRS) is now due. Please contact finance@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au to discuss payment options and/or payment plan.

SRS Payment Options

Option 1 – SRS fee paid in one lump sum
Available to all year levels	Full SRS amount due 22/01/2024
Option 2 – SRS fee paid in increments over 3 Instalments
Instalment 1	50% of total SRS due 23/01/2024
Instalment 2	25% of total SRS due 27/02/2024
Instalment 3	25% of total SRS due 27/03/2024

For all other payment options please email finance@pbc-shs.eq.edu.au or visit our website https://pbc-shs.eq.edu.au/support-and-resources/payments.

The Finance Window is located in D Block. The Payments Window is open on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:00am to 12:00pm.

QPARENTS

What is QParents? QParents is a user-friendly portal accessible via app or web browser, providing parents with secure online access to information about their child’s schooling. You can access information about: